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Blaj ) is a city in Alba county, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 20,758 inhabitants.

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The municipality of Blaj is made up of the town proper and of 6 localities which are located outside the town proper but belong to the municipality - Tiur, Petrisat, Manarade, Spatac, Deleni and Obarsie.

The town has a continental temperate climate, characteristic for the Transylvanian Plateau, with moderate precipitations of around 550 mm. The town gained its actual name from Blasius Cserei, one of the nobles that owned the land on which it was established. Started as a hamlet for the 20 families of servants of the noble's court, it rose to town status on the 19th of May, 1737. The first public school in Romanian was established in Blaj in 1754. Blaj was the first place to have Romanian written with Latin alphabet instead of the Cyrillic alphabet in which it had traditionally been written. Blaj was also a center for the Romanian Age of Enlightenment, being the founding site of the Şcoala Ardeleană society.

The castle of the Bethlen dynasty is a popular tourist site near Blaj.Other sights worth visiting include the Metropolitan Palace, the Holy Trinity Cathedral, the "i" Monastery, the Greeks'Church, the "Liberty Field", Mihai Eminescu's linden tree and Avram Iancu's oak.